This is one of the “Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson on Garrisoning the Planet,” reposted on the said site last month, Aug. 9, 2015. A note to its readers said: … Every now and then, in the quieter days of summer, it feels good and appropriate to feature old friends no longer with us. In…
Day: September 3, 2015
Youth group protests early enrolment for K to 12 senior high
NEWS IN PICTURES MANILA – Youths slammed the Department of Education in Davao region on Sept. 1, as it started the early registration for next year’s full implementation of senior high school. The protesters, led by League of Filipino Students-Southern Mindanao Region, lied down in front of the Department of Education Region XI Office. Joyce…
2,000 Lumad ‘bakwets’ flee to Tandag City
Faced with the reign of terror by paramilitary and military, Lumad communities were forced to leave their homes – again.
The principle of separation of church and state
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The principle of separation of church and state has been much abused and misinterpreted (or rather interpreted for political ends) in the country, especially after the Sin of Edsa I. Of course, the Sin that this writer is referring to is the late Jaime Cardinal Sin, who was one of…